#C8A231#C8A231

#C8A231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A231
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 2.81, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 60.42, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0015 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.133 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2963, 38.3442, 8.3419)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A231 #3157C8

analogous

#C85731 #C8A231 #A3C831

triadic

#C8A231 #31C8A2 #A231C8

tetradic

#C8A231 #31C857 #3157C8 #C831A3

square

#C8A231 #31C857 #3157C8 #C831A3

split-complementary

#C8A231 #31A3C8 #5731C8

monochromatic

#665219 #977A25 #C8A231 #D8B95F #E4CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C8A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A231

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A231	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd71',
    500: '#c8a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a231;
$custom-light: #ddbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.901,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72758,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A231

secondary

#8699CE

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A231

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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